The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-24
MARRIAGE.
VIEWS ON MIXING FAMILY BLoop
Tho Royal Families OF Europe illustrate
tho Harm OF such Prsotice.

| the Harm OF such Practice.
| From ne omaha Herald
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 16-Among the great
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spssnss: Between i7sS ana iF{S; hsd i TSSs|Is
zone very near to nr9ys ths no noticed thHs
impossible. SO that they are, as Il wore, COM
pelled by nature to maintain their kind In the
nS WIZ Tf H. Z Ss ss
instances" says Grant Allen: g he a., showed y
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tb be- made to succeed At all" 10 near says
f. hs dnSs
and that ali tho arrangements which favor IN.
tilization." Hence It is., concluded Sprenget
rain. aowers invite the visits Of bees and other
End here az we ana the snS MY
and why the blossoms distil sweet perfume.
These are simply natures plans to insure the
S OF insects 30 that eross-ier'iha"oh mss
It was here that Darwin diverged from spren.
a md. Sa TO tes
for tho plant that nature has provided on tneee
devices for SECURING IT. bit because - svery va.
tractiye than its fellows to It's insect VISITORS
| that plants 80 fortunate became more. prolific
eeivod fewer w ysts from The insect world
there was q greater increase OF the more At
yNal Of the flttest-the plant was developed
Thas IN the sweet and lovely col:
onis,, perhaps even In the graceful forms OF
owGfs Sy
Ssses q Ii the unisSorsbio ELECTS 81 ofoss-isr-
animal life. interbrsedIng within too limited
often oil ,il' leads 70 actual e1tlnotion. Hnons
human beings. as well as among the lower
f Here and there tho marriage Of cousins may
not lead to marked deterioration, at any rate. In
the M hGx
intermarriages within, the same 9, fasmily In
hysteria. deafness, and q number Il Sths. syl
many generations. And, upi9rtunately. once
established, they seem established for good:
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n1ss1s Ss Sssss:y sssss ma
sevsrai general lions Witbo any manii0ss :issss
Who Who insist on these exceptional GASES as prov.
n hf b
kinship is not harmful In England the mar
r ras " Mh lss l.
has different law, sancdonine what EnRlIsh
hsS 5e!sshhs; fEfl assS lsS permits
A curious example OF the mischi.svous. ma
area is Afforded in the island Of st. Kidd.
earth Sss ere mot 50 fsssrdeS by shs ssst q tbs
world, decline, to honor aliens with their
shosen BY Sr aiens as Suitable psrtners
! then. we have interbreedng such a. meiay
S have taken sPss the
ants OF Noah and those three ladies who
were good enough to accompany his sons.
Nothing s ie could preserve the descendsnts 81 q
safs 70 ore long D
would have needed ne tse.rRP re Tss or
to ali our Woes" Only succession Of mira
cles could have kept tho world alive; At 81.
~
has brought about such state Of thipgs thsf
half the children die 2 fey days after biSth 81
known Of their ways and habits. Perhaps the
alter having evidence 80 clear that the prat:-
tice Is injurious. may not unfairly be regarded
as Of itself afording proof positive OF their low
TT It may nj b asked how it is that tho roEnl
m a bod
English. royal family has q tolera6ly vide
bcod THIS ofIa
fesS8s a
gether escaped. George 4 vas pig headed
really sane. and often very insane. George
~ vas as ga man man pr0nisats o nSS th9ss
ENOUGH to ,eaEe little doubt II any reason
SiGres Gsors ssGf ss
walking at the the time between George and an
other blacSguardyhs was somethin9 between
been future records alone will properly shows
without Ths they sng y mpta a hH s. .Rs s e
melancholy, which would be pnreasonable
impropriery. because, though, Albert lths
s Sas said EHs abeat fe and
q those So VI
and Queens, and every EnRliBhman mas, thoro.
fore, the right to exercise an opinion as to the
probable expense which this King or, that
Queen may be able to offer when such duties
are not discharged.
OF the Queens children. for like reasons,
little can now be said, but we know that Ia one
case a constitutional physical peculiarly
showed something seriously wrong IN the race.
as Affected bv interbreeding; and we may
zeal defects manifest themselves. mental and
moral defects cannot be wholly wanting. must
indeed in particular members OF such families
hp nrng m r AYpanfinnAu
degree.
Judging from the records OF the royal fami.
los OF France, Spain. Prussia. Austria. and
Russia s0me one is invited to correct me for
not saying the imperial fnmilie In the last two
many, there Is very marked evidence In
every. ono OF, them to show that close inter.
pernlcious. Panl the mad, Catherine the lust
ful. Frederick William the boor. and similar
e9ampes shoT that & the rach nor the
than for the poor man. can the laws which